Articles tagged “china eastern”

Airlines

Chinese Airlines Still in Covid’s Grip Report Wider 2021 Losses

Chinese airlines are walking a tricky tightrope with their efforts to knock out the Omicron variant. The consequences are brutal, and amid a plane crashe, inflated fuel prices due to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, and Covid-positive Chinese citizens flying internationally, they fear there will be more to come.

Stella Qiu and Jamie Freed, Reuters | 2 years ago

Airlines

China Eastern Will Face Losses and Regulatory Scrutiny After Fatal Crash

The China Eastern crash on Monday prompted the carrier to cancel 90 percent of its flights on Tuesday, as the airline is left reeling from the tragedy that is raising many unanswered questions at this point.

Brenda Goh and Stella Qiu, Reuters | 2 years ago

Airlines

China Eastern Flight Crashes in Mountains

Reuters | 2 years ago

Airline Weekly

Chinese Airlines Warn of $7 Billion in Losses After Roller Coaster 2021

China'a airlines, by the end of 2020, were flying almost as much as they did in 2019, thanks to the country's strong domestic travel rebound. They expected the same last year, but 2021 was dismal, due to internal travel restrictions stemming from China's strict pandemic policies and frequent lockdowns.

2 years ago

Coronavirus

U.S. Will Limit Some Chinese Carriers to 40 Percent Capacity After United Curb

There will be echoes of similar retaliations between these two countries from 2020, but at least this time planes are flying.

David Shepardson, Reuters | 3 years ago

Airline Weekly

Chinese Domestic Recovery Didn’t Help Stem $5 Billion in 2020 Losses for Country’s Airlines

3 years ago

Airline Weekly

China Eastern Among First Global Airlines to Pull Jets Out of Mothballs as Domestic Travel Spikes

3 years ago

Coronavirus

China to Keep Curbs on International Flights Through June

This news dovetails with Friday's Trip.com Group earnings call that said new international inbound reservations to China would probably be close to zero through the end of June because of travel restrictions.

Stella Qiu and Se Young Lee, Reuters | 4 years ago

Airlines

Delta Air Lines CEO Says China Revenues Are Up Despite Trade Rhetoric

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian is the second U.S. airline CEO in a week to tell Skift the China market is performing fine for passenger demand. Will it last?

Brian Sumers, Skift | 5 years ago

Airlines

Is Business Class Heading for an Upgrade?

We know first class is on the way out on routes between the biggest business cities. But do travelers want a better-than-business option at a reasonable price?

Brian Sumers, Skift | 5 years ago